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From: Ken
Date: 1 Mar 2000 08:20:54
Message: <38BD1881.E4D1469A@pacbell.net>
Johannes Hubert wrote:
> 
> The covers look good. ,c)
> I think that a good technical writer (with a contract from one of the
> large publishers) will have a good chance of selling a number of copies
> of a povray book, were it published for example about now ;) (well, or
> some time soon anyway...) covering version 3.1, with an appendix for the
> megapatch (and probably Moray?).
> Maybe even a "POV-Ray For Dummies" (those books - though I have never
> bought or read one - sell like mad, and have been published about topics
> much more marginal, and with a lesser userbase, than POV-Ray)...
> As the saying goes: "In his life, a man should plant a tree, father a
> child and write a book."
> Isn't anyone of you POV gurus interested? :)
> 
> Johannes.

As many times as I have set out to write a simple POV-Ray tutorial and
failed to follow through I would say it's a good bet that I am not the
person to get one to a publishing house.

-- 
Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/


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